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#1 2004-03-05 12:28:14

Martillo1
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From: My kabila in Lavapiés
Registered: 2004-02-20
Posts: 66

I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works

So that is the question. Any help is welcome for I am completely clueless.

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#2 2004-03-05 12:40:21

andy
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From: Germany
Registered: 2002-10-11
Posts: 374

Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works

Did you read http://www.archlinux.org/docs/en/guide/ … .html#SEC5 ?

Some more simple points :
- ABS is completely optional. You can run Arch w/o ABS.
- ABS is what the arch developers use to create and maintain the distribution.
- ABS is for you if you want to change how some packages are compiled.
- ABS is for you if you want to add software "the Arch way", i.e. put it under pacman's control instead of the "./configure && make install" routine which would put "stray files" into /usr/local

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#3 2004-03-05 12:40:22

calexico
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Registered: 2004-02-11
Posts: 32

Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works

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#4 2004-03-07 13:14:01

Martillo1
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From: My kabila in Lavapiés
Registered: 2004-02-20
Posts: 66

Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works

Thanks! smile

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#5 2004-03-07 14:03:50

morphus
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From: Braunschweig
Registered: 2003-08-06
Posts: 145

Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works

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#6 2004-03-07 17:51:47

calexico
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Registered: 2004-02-11
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Re: I do not understand what ABS is nor the way it works

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=3059

If there are things you still do not understand, tell it there, so that I can put answers directly in the wiki (easier to access for everybody).

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